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RE: [RC] Very important message about WNV SHOTS - Karen Williams

I'm really in a quandry when it comes to vaccines.  I want to do want's best
for my animals, but I just hate having them vaccinated.  I just don't see
why they have to be vaccinated every 6 months.   I've heard that people who
were given smallpox vaccines 30-40 years ago still show immunity to the
disease.  I stopped vaccinating my dogs every year years ago.  The only
vaccine they get is rabies (required by law).  Now I hear that vets are
backing away from the "you must have shots every year" to vaccinating every
3 years.  I also have a problem with FD vaccines.  One of my horses is like
the walking dead for two weeks after receiving FD vaccines.  Last year I
told my vet "no FD vaccines".  Of course, they are the only one who makes
WNV *is* FD, so after a lot of "should I/shouldn't I" conversations with
myself, I told the vet to go ahead and give him the WNV vaccine.  That's the
only site where he was horribly sore and was unridable for about two weeks.
I won't give it to him again.   Do titers work on horses?  Wouldn't it be
better to test them to see what immunities they have before pumping all this
stuff into them they maybe don't need?  JMHO

Karen Williams
Spotsylvania, VA
www.mattariver.com




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Re: [RC] Very important message about WNV SHOTS, Susan Garlinghouse, DVM